William canter



vgntrJ faire arnt @fitta WILLIAM GAN'IER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO J. HENRY VOGT AND J. JACOB GASS, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No, 70,163, dated-October 29, 1867; mtedatcd October 16, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN GHENILLE.

TO ALL WIIOM IT MAY CON GER-N:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM CANTER, of the city and State of New Ydrk, have invented, made,land' applied to use a certain new and useful Improvement in Chenille; and`I do herebyr declare the following to be Ya full, clear, and exact description of the said invention, reference being had to themannexed drawing, making part l,of this specification, wherein-v Figure 1 is a photographic view of the improved chenille.-

Figure 2 is a section of the head and mechanism for making the same.

Figure 3 is an elevation of the strand-rollers and cutting-knife, and v Figure 4 is a sectional plan of the stock that carries the wires for the fibrous thread to he wound around.

Similar marks of reference denote the same parts.

Chenille has heretofore been made ofa filling of silk or worsted7 with the bres standing out in a spiral form from a/closely-twisted strand. The chenille assumes a circular form, with the surface of uniform appearance.

My invention relates to the chenille as a new article of. manufacture, dierent in its mode of construction. and in its appearance from the chenille heretoforemade.

My invention consists oi' chenille formed ot' aspiral series of loops intervening between the projecting fibres, which also are in a spiral form around the chenille. In other words, the chenille'is composed of tightly- Vtwisted strands, with loops of silk, worsted, or similar material passing through between the said strands, and hence assuming a spiral form, and said loops are eut at one end and not at the other; The chenille made in this manner has a very pleasing appearance, and is adapted to use as a trimming where the ordinary chenille would not be employed. y i

I have represented in the drawing the portions of the machine which have to be varied in order to produce my said improved chenille. .In this, Vis a stationary pipe, around which is revolvedtlre flier b and spool c. d

bis a split or forked wire, at the end of the pipecz, and over this travel two cords or threads, 2f, that are drawn alongas fast as the chenille is made by the usual travelling-carriage or mechanism that'takes the chenille' 01T the machine and twiststhe strands together. These cords z' travel over the forks of `the wire d, on cithcr side of a stationary knife, e, that is made adjustable, so as to cut properly. .71 7L are rollers,.g'rooved, to pass the tightly-twisted strands s. These rollers are geared togethcr,.and propelled at theproper speed. ois a standing wire, that may be adjustable, to vary the diameter of the chenille.

The silk orworsted is wound by the flier around 'the Wires d and o, and upon the cordsj. These cords t' cause the said material to progress gradually and move oli' the said wires as it is cut, and the strands s grasp `between them said materialat the moment it is cut and passes ofi' the end of thel fork d, and is firmly held between the twisted strands s as they are laid together; hen'ce the chenille itself is composed of loops transy vcrsely of the strands, the said loops being eut at one end and not at the other.

What I claim, anddesireto secure by Letters Patent, is-f Y The partially-uncut chenille, made in the manner specified, as a new article of manufacture. In witness whereof-I have hereunto set my signature this twenty-third day of November, A.- D. 1866.

WM. CAN TER.

Witnesses LEMUEL W. SERRELL Guo. D. WALKER. 

